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Infection, Inflammation, and Poststroke Cognitive Impairment.

Elise T MilosevichNele DemeyereSarah T Pendlebury
Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
Infection and elevations in routinely measured inflammatory biomarkers are common following stroke; however, only infection is associated with poststroke cognitive impairment, suggesting that increases in these biomarkers may be nonspecific. Infection may present a tractable target for reducing poststroke cognitive impairment.
Keyphrases
  • cognitive impairment
  • oxidative stress
  • upper limb
  • brain injury